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The High Llamas

Snowbug (2024 Reissue)

limited 2LP - £37.99 | Buy
After the high times and critical-mass arrangements of the previous two records, 'Snowbug' exuded a breezy, spare, morning-after vibe.
The High Llamas

Lollo Rosso (2024 Reissue)

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The remix album, with marvellously creative EDM remakes from some of the best powerbook players of the day: Mouse On Mars, Jim O’Rourke, Kid Loco, Schneid...
The High Llamas

Cold And Bouncy (2024 Reissue)

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Having passed – at least figuratively – through hundreds of years over the course of their previous two albums, the good ship High Llamas docked, fu...
Santa Barbara (First Time On Vinyl!)
  1. Put Yourself Down
  2. Birdies Sing
  3. Banking on Karma
  4. Market Traders
  5. Travel
  6. The Taximan’s Daughter
  7. Period Music
  8. Holland
  9. Apricots

The High Llamas

Santa Barbara (First Time On Vinyl!)

Drag City
  • limited LP

    Released: 29th Nov 2024

    £26.99
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For the Llamas’ 1992 debut, Sean O’Hagan, working the sextant to navigate a post-Microdisney course in the musical world, posted them up as a guitar pop band (RIYL: NRBQ, Big Star, Steely Dan), with nine exquisitely crafted examples of the oft out-of-step sound.

Had there been no more after this, Santa Barbara would still be sought-after buried treasure by the perennial waves of voyagers seeking these sweet, jangling spices to this very day.